Title : DEFORMATIONS AND STABILITY OF SPHERICAL SHELLS UNDER ACTION OF CONCENTRATED LOADS AND UNIFORM PRESSURE.

Descriptive Note : Technical rept. 11 Sep 61-1 Jun 62,

Corporate Author : SYRACUSE UNIV RESEARCH INST NY

Personal Author(s) : Evan-Iwanowski, R. M. ; Loo, T. C.

Report Date : JUN 1962

Pagination or Media Count : 75

Abstract : Deformations and collapses of a series of spherical shells with a wide range of geometrical parameters and edge supports subjected to the action of concentrated loads, uniform loads, and combination of uniform and concentrated loads have been investigated. The pre-buckling and post-buckling histories of the deflections, stress distributions, and critical curves (showing the relationship between critical loadings and geometry parameter) have been determined. (Author)